diff --git a/bin/tests/system/catz/ns2/named1.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/catz/ns2/named1.conf.in
index a56474600d..041264832c 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/catz/ns2/named1.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/catz/ns2/named1.conf.in
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ options {
 	};
 };
 
+# A faulty dlz configuration to check if named and catz survive a certain class
+# of failed configuration attempts (see GL#3060).
+# We use "dlz" because the dlz processing code is located in an ideal place in
+# the view configuration function for the test to cover the view reverting code.
+#T3dlz "bad-dlz" {
+#T3	database "dlopen bad-dlz.so example.org";
+#T3};
+
 zone "catalog1.example" {
 	type secondary;
 	file "catalog1.example.db";
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/catz/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/catz/tests.sh
index 30dd80c172..9dd2ec33b1 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/catz/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/catz/tests.sh
@@ -369,6 +369,30 @@ wait_for_soa @10.53.0.2 dom3.example. dig.out.test$n || ret=1
 if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status+ret))
 
+n=$((n+1))
+echo_i "reconfiguring secondary - checking if catz survives a certain class of failed reconfiguration attempts ($n)"
+ret=0
+sed -e "s/^#T3//" < ns2/named1.conf.in > ns2/named.conf.tmp
+copy_setports ns2/named.conf.tmp ns2/named.conf
+$RNDC -c ../common/rndc.conf -s 10.53.0.2 -p "${CONTROLPORT}" reconfig > /dev/null 2>&1 && ret=1
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=$((status+ret))
+
+n=$((n+1))
+echo_i "checking again that dom3.example. is served by secondary ($n)"
+ret=0
+wait_for_soa @10.53.0.2 dom3.example. dig.out.test$n || ret=1
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=$((status+ret))
+
+n=$((n+1))
+echo_i "reconfiguring secondary - reverting the bad configuration ($n)"
+ret=0
+copy_setports ns2/named1.conf.in ns2/named.conf
+rndccmd 10.53.0.2 reconfig || ret=1
+if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=$((status+ret))
+
 n=$((n+1))
 echo_i "removing all records from catalog1 zone ($n)"
 ret=0